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GIRL'S WORLD, Mock Up Box

Make Up Kit
about 1975
Artist/Maker
Palitoy (distributor)
Doxams Ltd. (manufacturers)
Place of origin
England

mock up box, dark yellow card box with cut out windows (one lined with cellophane), glued and taped together;
outside has the title and random lettering together with a drawing of a large head and a set of four small drawings pasted to the sides
contains a white expanded polystyrene commerical head with a blond hair wig designed for human use


Object details

Object type
Make up kit
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Box
  • Head
  • Wig
TitleGIRL'S WORLD, Mock Up Box (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
card, expanded polystyrene
Card
Expanded Polystyrene
Printed
Moulded
Physical description
mock up box, dark yellow card box with cut out windows (one lined with cellophane), glued and taped together;
outside has the title and random lettering together with a drawing of a large head and a set of four small drawings pasted to the sides
contains a white expanded polystyrene commerical head with a blond hair wig designed for human use
Dimensions
  • Height: 12¼in
  • Width: 8in
  • Depth: 6½in
Production typePrototype
Marks and inscriptions
Woolworth 29p (label on the head)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Associated objects
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.1961:1-1999

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Record createdApril 26, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O39055/girls-world-mock-up-box-make-up-kit-palitoy/
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